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While being bombarded with several claims in a fairly public battle with the U.S. government over legality issues, the founder of MegaUpload, Kim DotCom, has found himself gaining support from some pretty important people, including Steve Wozniak. According to CNET, Wozniak took time to visit Kim DotCom while on a trip to New Zealand.

The folks over at CNET mentioned the following:

During a trip to New Zealand last month, Wozniak stopped by DotCom’s home outside Auckland and took several photographs with the MegaUpload founder who is also the man accused by the United States of criminal copyright violations, money laundering and wire fraud. The United States is trying to extradite DotCom and a hearing in New Zealand to decide the matter is scheduled for August.

Wozniak isn’t the only high profile support that the MegaUpload founder has been seen and supported by. Others in the list include EFF, Kim Kardashian, Will.i.am, and Alicia Keys. The U.S. Government is currently trying to extradite DotCom from New Zealand so they can try and prosecute him for “masterminding a worldwide file-sharing service that U.S. authorities say cost the record and entertainment industry half-a-billion dollars by enabling copyright infringement on an international scale.”

The case seems quite vague and pretty shady to begin with but it isn’t much of a surprise to see DotCom getting a lot of public support. The support even extends to a New Zealand judge who is demanding that the U.S. hand over evidence.

I still really don't think it's hit fault that people uploaded and downloaded illegal content to his website, that was a coice of their own, not his. That place had so many uploads, it would take years to moderate it all.

I'm glad they lost all that money, just bunch of rich a$$holes complaining cause they could have had more money for themselves. It's not like Kim could monitor every single thing that got put up or downloaded. Hopefully it just ends with Kim staying in New Zealand and the record companies/entertainment industries wiping tears away.

I'm glad they lost all that money, just bunch of rich a$$holes complaining cause they could have had more money for themselves. It's not like Kim could monitor every single thing that got put up or downloaded. Hopefully it just ends with Kim staying in New Zealand and the record companies/entertainment industries wiping tears away.

Not everyone who sells music is rich, but the people who sell music that aren't rich probably aren't getting a lot of their music stolen because, well, that means their music is **** (read: not popular). If you make content that people want you don't have to worry about piracy because people throw their money at you anyway. If you don't, well, you will be a poor musician with or without piracy.

And by the way... it's not even the "poor musicians" that are pissing and moaning here. This is the multi-billion dollar companies. A lot of the struggling musicians actually CONDONE sharing their music with friends just to get their name out there.

Originally Posted by Jahooba

WOZ looks like a dwarf from Lord of the Rings.

Do the dwarves in LOTR look different than the dwarves in [insert fantasy chronicle here]?

Originally Posted by steve-z17

I'm glad they lost all that money, just bunch of rich a$$holes complaining cause they could have had more money for themselves. It's not like Kim could monitor every single thing that got put up or downloaded. Hopefully it just ends with Kim staying in New Zealand and the record companies/entertainment industries wiping tears away.

He did also get hit with insider trading and embezzlement, unless I am mistaken. Those two things are pretty hard to blame on anyone but yourself.